Having solved the [somewhat stupid] partitioning problem, the next important step in getting a fully functional laptop is to get networking up. It has a Realtek rtl8111 chip, but this is never picked up by the OS ("no adapter"). Here's the apparently relevant section of syslog KERN: rtl81xx: init_driver(0x81122370) KERN: [rtl81xx] (re) bus_alloc_resource(3, [24], 0x0, 0xffffffff, 0x1,0x2) KERN: add_memory_type_range(2528, 0xf0004000, 0x20000, 0) KERN: set MTRRs to: KERN: mtrr: 0: base: 0xa0000, size: 0x20000, type: 0 KERN: mtrr: 1: base: 0xc0000, size: 0x40000, type: 0 KERN: mtrr: 2: base: 0xda980000, size: 0x40000, type: 0 KERN: mtrr: 3: base: 0xda900000, size: 0x80000, type: 0 KERN: mtrr: 4: base: 0xf0000000, size: 0x10000000, type: 0 KERN: mtrr: 5: base: 0xe0000000, size: 0x20000000, type: 1 KERN: [rtl81xx] (re) MSI count : 226 KERN: [rtl81xx] (re) bus_alloc_resource(1, [0], 0x0, 0xffffffff, 0x1,0x6) KERN: [rtl81xx] (re) Chip rev. 0x2c800000 KERN: [rtl81xx] (re) MAC rev. 0x00000000 KERN: [rtl81xx] (re) Unknown H/W revision: 0x2c800000 I assume that last line is the problem (nothing further seems to happen). My naíve guess is that this isn't very serious (or...?). Is the interface actually likely to have changed? Or is it probably just a matter of recomipling with that revision added? Thanks, -- Pete --